The Spirit Of Dogmatic Theology Poisons Anything

Pleasure Is In Itself A Good; Nay, Even Setting Aside Immunity From Pain, The Only Good.

Create All The Happiness You Are Able To Create: Remove All The Misery You Are Able To Remove. Every Day Will Allow You To Add Something To The Pleasure Of Others, Or To Diminish Something Of Their Pains. And For Every Grain Of Enjoyment You Sow In The Bosom Of Another, You Shall Find A Harvest In Your Own Bosom; While Every Sorrow Which You Pluck Out From The Thoughts And Feelings Of A Fellow Creature Shall Be Replaced By Beautiful Peace And Joy In The Sanctuary Of Your Soul.

He Who Thinks And Thinks For Himself, Will Always Have A Claim To Thanks; It Is No Matter Whether It Be Right Or Wrong, So As It Be Explicit. If It Is Right, It Will Serve As A Guide To Direct; If Wrong, As A Beacon To Warn.

Kind Words Cost No More Than Unkind Ones . . . And We May Scatter The Seeds Of Courtesy And Kindliness Around Us At So Little Expense. If You Would Fall Into Any Extreme Let It Be On The Side Of Gentleness. The Human Mind Is So Constructed That It Resists Vigor And Yields To Softness.

What Else Is It That Should Trace The Insuperable Line? Is It The Faculty Of Reason Or Perhaps The Faculty Of Discourse? But A Full-grown Horse Or Dog Is Beyond Comparison A More Rational, As Well As More Conversable Animal, Than An Infant Of A Day Or A Week Or Even A Month Old. But Suppose They Were Otherwise, What Would It Avail? The Question Is Not, Can They Reason?, Nor Can They Talk? But, Can They Suffer? Why Should The Law Refuse Its Protection To Any Sensitive Being? The Time Will Come When Humanity Will Extend Its Mantle Over Everything Which Breathes.